
Our Team
Executive Staff

Yasmeen Hamza
Chief Executive Officer

Alena Victor
Chief Program Officer

Carolyn Antonio
Chief Development Officer

To Be Announced
Director, Finance

Sasha-Ann Frazer
Associate Director, Community Programs

Taykina Chowdhury
Associate Director, Helpline & Residential Programs

Shan Huang
Associate Director, Special Programs

Ayaka Matsushima
Manager, Brooklyn Community Office

Gabrielle Nguyen
Manager, Communications

Reema Sharma
Manager, Community Education and Outreach

Sumaira Mian
Manager, Development

Rahnum Tasnuva
Manager, Helpline

To Be Announced
Manager, Human Resources

Brooke Barber
Manager, Institutional Grants

Alisha Mohammed
Manager, Legal Program

Kaori Nagao
Manager, Manhattan Community Office

Melissa Paredes
Manager, Operations and IT

Farzahana Akhtar
Manager, Pathways to Empowerment

Lira Kim
Manager, Pathways to Healing

Mary Caparas
Manager, Project Free

Joseph Sarmiento
Manager, Quality Improvement

Tianjin Li
Manager, Queens Community Office

WuYu Cao
Manager, Residential Programs

Nusrat Siraj
Manager, Residential Programs
Board of Directors

Narges M. Kakalia
Chair
Director of DEI, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo, PC

Nina Pineda
Vice Chair
Consumer Reporter, WABC-TV

Jenifer Garvey
Treasurer
Financial Services Professional

Alexander Ong
Secretary
Technology Consultant

Yogesh Bahl
Board Member
Chief Financial Officer, IACTA Pharmaceuticals

Mika Tsugiyama Bouvard
Board Member
Former Case Writer, Columbia University, Columbia Business School

Deborah Chan
Board Member
Attorney, Law Office of Deborah Chan, PC

Sujata Dayal
Board Member
VP & Global Chief Compliance Officer, Medline Industries

Flora Feng
Board Member
Senior Legal Director, Global Intellectual Property, PepsiCo

Merv Garretson
Board Member
Group Creative Director, Hearst

Susanna Hong
Board Member
Managing Partner, Broadleaf Capital Advisor

Mae Hsieh
Board Member
New York University JD/MBA

Joanna Martin
Board Member
Global VP, Communications & Social Media, Kiehl's

Eric Su
Board Member
Partner, Crowell & Moring

Jarret Yoshida
Board Member
Interior Designer, Jarret Yoshida, Inc.
Honorary Board of Directors

Connie Chung
Honorary Board Member
Television Journalist

Karen Elizaga
Honorary Board Member
Executive Coach, Forward Options LLC and Author, Find Your Sweet Spot

Victoria W. Hsu
Honorary Board Member
Director, J.T. Tai & Co. Foundation

Pauline Lee
Honorary Board Member
ESL Instructor
Emeritus Board of Directors

Zal Dabhoiwala
Emeritus Board Member
IT Auditor, WPP

Ankur Keswani
Emeritus Board Member
Senior Managing Director, Serengeti Asset Management

Hoon-Jung Kim
Emeritus Board Member
Corporate Counsel, Google Inc.

Janet Akie Masamitsu
Emeritus Board Member
Silversmith/Owner, Janet Sterling Silver Design
